Wal mart talk aside, If you have a Dick's around you, they have summit's for $150. Much better quality stand.

Check on Cabelas or Bas Pro you should find something better.

Didn't Ameristep just come out with a new climber in the last year or so? Wasn't it called the Non-typical? Is that the one you are referring to?

I don't like walmart and I don't like the damn union either.

Union?... Probably union made treestand they are selling. Union folks, whodon't have the balls to speak for themselves so they payothers to talk for them, don't like Walmart because its one company they can't infiltrate and bankrupt. Ask a steelworker about their pensions and the union.

Go buy the stand, if you don't like it take it back with your receipt.

I'm the last one to tell people what to do. But let's just focus on the stand and not Wal-Mart. That's what his original question was. That said. I have no idea if its a good stand but I'd bet it is given the price and features. Summit is a brand name I hear a lot though and a lot of people seem to like it.

my advice is to buy it, try it and if you don't like it return it

An Ameristep is an Ameristep, nomatter where you purchase it at. Just remember, when you leave the woods, bring all of your pads and stuff with you. I have encounterd squirrels eating and knawing at my pads.